Rolls-Royce mulls three-shaft narrowbody engine, in belief that high fuel prices favour more complex architecture

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High fuel costs could prompt Rolls-Royce to offer a three-shaft turbofan to power the new-generation, 150-seat narrowbody airliner families that Airbus and Boeing are widely expected to introduce in the second half of the next decade

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